Tallinn, 2016-09-05 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AS Tallink Grupp statistics for August 2016
In August 2016 AS Tallink Grupp transported 961 851 passengers, which is a 2.7% increase compared to August 2015. The number of cargo units increased by 7.4% to 26 775 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 3.5% to 125 911 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for August were the following:
August 2016 | August 2015 | change | |
Passengers | 961 851 | 936 247 | 2.7% |
Finland - Sweden | 289 581 | 287 112 | 0.9% |
Estonia - Finland | 521 048 | 496 692 | 4.9% |
Estonia - Sweden | 101 081 | 101 811 | -0.7% |
Latvia - Sweden | 50 141 | 50 632 | -1.0% |
Cargo Units | 26 775 | 24 941 | 7.4% |
Finland - Sweden | 5 067 | 5 132 | -1.3% |
Estonia - Finland | 17 848 | 16 269 | 9.7% |
Estonia - Sweden | 3 430 | 3 035 | 13.0% |
Latvia - Sweden | 430 | 505 | -14.9% |
Passenger Vehicles | 125 911 | 121 664 | 3.5% |
Finland - Sweden | 23 924 | 22 333 | 7.1% |
Estonia - Finland | 87 529 | 85 308 | 2.6% |
Estonia - Sweden | 8 057 | 8 023 | 0.4% |
Latvia - Sweden | 6 401 | 6 000 | 6.7% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in August 2016:
ESTONIA-FINLAND
The cruise ferry Silja Europa operated on the Tallinn-Helsinki route from 13 March 2016 to 29 August 2016.
Veiko Haavapuu
Finance Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7
10111 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel. +372 640 9914
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee